C. BORNMA-NN.

FINDER FOR CAMERAS..

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I9. 1915.

1,152,782. 9 Platenteasept. 7,1915.

 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
CARL BORNMANN,
IBINGHAMTON,
OF BINGHAMTQN,
NEW YORK,
NEWA CORPORATION
YORK, ASSIGNOR
OF NEW
T0 ANS-CO
YORK.COMPANY,

FINDER FOR CAMERAS.

1,152,782. Speci?cation of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

Application ?led March 19, 1915. Serial No. 15,439.

To all whom it may concern: aid in manipulation of the device. It will

Be it known that I, CARL BORNMANN, a not always be necessary, however.
citizen of the United States, and a resident 7_ is what I call the ?xed diaphragm,
of the city of Binghamton, county of which is fastened to some suitable part of
Broome, and State of New York, have in the camera or camera lens frame in any suit 60
vented a new and useful Improvement in able manner. I show a. ?ange 8 provided
Finders for Cameras, of which the follow with screw holes 9 (see Fig. 2) for this pur—
ing is a speci?cation. . pose.
It is the purpose of this invention to pro 10 is the movable diaphragm plate. It is
10 duce a ?nder adapted to both horizontal and pivoted as at 11 to the stationary diaphragm 65
vertical ?nding and provided with exterior plate 7 and is provided with a spring 12,
diaphragms adapted to the two positions of which normally tends to close it down upon
the ?nder which are provided with openings, the underlying ?nder box.
which de?ne the picture as seen in the ?nder 13, 13, are two pins, one projecting from
15 exactly coincident with that which shall be each side of the ?nder box, with which horns 70
produced in the negative. The ?nder proper 14 on each side of the movable diaphragm
carries the usual diagonally arranged mirror plate 10 engage as hereinafter described.
and is adapted to revolve within the dia 15, 15, are ?anges formed upon the oppo
phragms so that it may attain the two po site edges of the ?xed bottom plate 18, in
20 sitions requisite for horizontal and vertical which ?anges slots 16 are made, through
75
?nding. A peculiar feature of the inven which slots pins 17 fastened to the outside of
tion is that the finder proper is an abso the ?nder box at the corners opposite the
lutely tight receptacle or box, so that no )ins 13, work. In the ?xed diaphragm plate
dust can enter to blur the mirror or inner 4 and also in the movable diaphragm plate
25 side of the lens or the observation plate, and 10, I make openings 19 and 20 respectively 80
also no light can enter to dim the brilliancy (see Figs. 2 and -l) and they are made of
of the found picture. The construction is such size and shape as will de?ne the bound
also the cheapest and one of the most dura aries, in other words, the area of the picture
ble and least likely to get out of order of which will appear upon the negative.
30 any known to me. The operation is as follows: When it is de 85
In the drawings Figure 1 is a front‘eleva sired to ?nd a vertical picture, the parts will
tion of the ?nder, the parts being in position be in the position shown in Fig. 1 and the
for vertical ?nding; Fig. 2 is a plan view of re?ection of the image passing through the
the structure illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is lens will be reflected by the mirror and ap
35 a' frontelevation of the ?nder, theparts be pear upon the observation plate of the ?nder 90
ing in position for horizontal ?nding; Fig. in the usual manner. If the operator de
4 is a plan view of the ?nder shown in Fig. _ sires a horizontal picture, then he takes hold
3; Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the?nder, of the handle 6 and presses it to the right.
showing the position of the parts during vThe handle being rigidly attached to the
40 their transfer from vertical to horizontal ?nder box, will cause it to tilt upon its 95
?nding position; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of lower-right-hand corner, or edge, the upper
the ?nder; Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view left-hand corner meantime moving up
on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1, looking in the di wardly and in a circular fashion, lifting the
rection of the arrows. _ ~ movable diaphragm plate 10 against the
45 In the drawings 1 represents the body of stress of the spring 12. Immediately the 100
the ?nder. In the present illustration it is right hand upper corner or edge will come in
in the form of a square box shown best in contact with the ?xed diaphragm plate 7
Fig. 7, the top, bottom and sides whereof are and the pressure upon the handle continu
each solid, except that in the front side there ing, will cause the pins 17 to slide to the
‘so is a lens 2, supported in the usual lens tube left through the slots 16 in the ?anges 15. 105
3. Extending diagonally across the interior The pressure upon the handle being still
of the box is a mirror #1, which I prefer to continued, the pins 17 will slide still farther
support upon a diagonal plate 5. through the slot 16 until ?nally the parts
6 is a handle connected to the lens tube 3, drop into the position shown in Fig. 3, ex
65 or to some suitable part of the ?nder box, to cept that in that ?gure the camera, carry 110
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ing the ?nder with it, is supposed to have iar with such matters that modi?cations may
been given a quarter- turn, so that the handle be made in the details of construction and 50
is illustrated as still presented upwardly. yet the essentials of the invention be re
During this quarter turn of the ?nder box, tained. I therefore do not limit myself to
the mirror and the observation plate have of the details described and shown.
course received a quarter turn also, so that I claim:
the image is now observable at the dia 1. A ?nder embodying a closed box, a 55
phragm opening 19 in the ?xed diaphragm single lens, a mirror and an observation
plate 7, instead of at the diaphragm open plate carried by the box, diaphragm plates,
10 ing 20 in the movable diaphragm plate 10. one ?xed and the other movable, adjacent to
When desired to return the instrument to two sides of the boX and provided with open
position for again taking vertical pictures, ings adapted to register with the observation 60
the handle is again manipulated but is now plate, a ?anged plate upon a third side of
pressed to the left instead of to the right, the box and means upon the box and upon
whereupon the parts assume the position the movable diaphragm plate and upon the
shown in Fig. 5, that it to say, in the ?rst ?anged plate whereby the box may be given
instance the ?nder box pivots upon its lower a quarter turn and be compelled to assume 65
left~hand corner or edge, the upper right and maintain proper positions relative to
hand corner meanwhile describing an up the diaphragm plates.
ward are pressing upwardly the movable 2. A ?nder embodying a closed box pro
diaphragm plate 10 against the stress of its vided with a, lens, a mirror and an observa
spring 12, which maintains the under side of tion plate, a ?xed diaphragm plate adjacent 70
that plate always in contact with the upper to one side of the box, a spring actuated dia
right~hand corner or edge of the ?nder box. phragm plate hinged to the ?xed diaphragm
The pressure upon the handle 6 still being plate, a ?anged base plate and devices upon
continued, the pins 13 are engaged by the the box and upon the movable diaphragm
horns ll, 14, which arrest their further plate and upon the base plate whereby the 75
movement and from that time forth they box may bepgiven a quarter turn and caused
serve as a fulcrum, whereas previously the to assume and maintain proper relation with
30 pin 17 at the left-hand end of the slot 16 in the diaphragm plates upon the completion
the ?anges 15 had served as the fulcrum. of each quarter turn movement.
The pressure to the left still continuing 3. A ?nder embodying a box closed on all 80
upon the handle, the pins 17 are caused to sides and provided with a lens, a mirror and
move toward the right through the slots 16 an observation plate, diaphragm plates ad
until ?nally the parts under the pressure of jacent to ‘two sides of the ?nder box, and
the spring 12, drop into their primary posi means upon the box and upon the adjacent
tion as shown in Fig. 1. parts, whereby the box may be given a quar 85
It will be noted that this ?nder is of the ter turn and which, co-acting together, guide
simplest and most durable construction, that the box in proper relation to the diaphragm
40 its parts are so few and of such construction plates during each quarter turn and main
that their durability is assured and that in tain it therein upon the completion thereof.
asmuch as all the walls of the ?nder box are In testimony whereof I have signed my 90
light and dust proof, except that one which name to this specification in the presence of
carried the lens, that no dust can enter and two subscribing witnesses.
45 obscure the mirror or observation plate or CARL BORNMANN.
lens and that no light can enter to dim the lVitnesses: .
picture, except through the lens. HENRY F. MEEHAN,
It will be obvious to those who are famil ERNEST W. SCHULTZ.